Bertarelli Foundation

Bertarelli Foundation
Company typeprivate foundation
IndustryMarine conservation and science, Health and life science
Founded1998
Headquarters
Key people
Ernesto Bertarelli, Dona Bertarelli, Maria Iris
Websitehttps://www.fondation-bertarelli.org

The Bertarelli Foundation is a private foundation founded by the Bertarelli family; brother and sister Ernesto and Dona Bertarelli, who are co-Chairs of the Foundation, and their mother, Maria Iris Bertarelli. It was established in 1998 in memory of Fabio Bertarelli and is based in Gstaad, Switzerland.[1] For ten years, the Bertarelli Foundation focused on promoting an understanding of infertility, especially multiple gestations.[2] This reflected the work of the family’s business, Ares-Serono, in the field, including its development of influential infertility treatment Pergonal.[3] Following the sale of Serono, the Bertarelli Foundation refocused its activities onto the fields of marine conservation and neuroscience research, as well as projects in their local communities.[4] The Foundation has a sister organisation in Italy, the Fondazione Bertarelli, which promotes cultural activities in Tuscany, where the family’s ColleMassari wine estate is located.[5]

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  2. ^ Germond, Marc (2007). "The Bertarelli Foundation's actions in the field of multiple gestations". Reproductive Biomedicine Online. 15 (Suppl 3): 1–5. doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)62242-0. ISSN 1472-6491. PMID 18598600.
  3. ^ Andrea Adelson (1995-02-26). "Wall Street; A Fertility Drug Grows Scarce". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  4. ^ College, Babson. "Bertarelli Entrepreneurship Chair|News & Events". Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  5. ^ "Fondazione Bertarelli". fondazionebertarelli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-03-08.